CAREER HONORS
2016 Second Team All-American (FS)
2016 EISA All-East First Team
2015 Second Team All-American (CL)
2015 EISA All-East First Team
2013 All-CCSA First Team2016 SEASON: Competed in every race and was named to the UVM NCAA squad for the second straight season ... Earned a spot on the podium six times ... Was the runner-up in both races at the Colby Carnival and was runner-up in the freestyle at the Williams Carnival ... Registered two top-5 finishes at the EISA Championships ... Was fourth in the freestyle and secodn in the classic ... Earned Second Team All-America honors in the freestyle race at the NCAAs.
2015 SEASON: In her first year with the Catamounts, she posted nine top-10 finishes … Earned a pair of sixth place finishes at the season-opening races at the Bates Carnival … Was the runner-up in both the freestyle and classic at the UVM Carnival … Placed second in the classic at the Saint Michael’s Carnival … Added a pair of top-10 finishes at the EISA Championships … Finished eighth in the classic at the NCAA Championships to earn All-America honors.
2012-13 (Northern Michigan): Wan an NCAA qualifier as a freshman and sophomore at Northern Michigan ... Earned All-America honors with a 10th place finish in the 5K classic as a sophomore ... Competed at the U.S. Nationals, finished 18 overall in the 20K classic ... Took third in the 5.8K classic at the Saints Invite ... In the first round of the CCSA Championships, placed 11th in the 1.6 freestyle sprint and member of the winning 3x5K classic relay team ... Placed fifth in the 5K classic and seventh in the 15K freestyle at the CCSA Championships ... At the NCAA Central Regional, finished sixth in the 5K classic .... Named CCSA skier of the week (Feb. 21) ... Was an All-CCSA First Team selection ... Named team’s newcomer of the year ... Also a member of the Northern Michgan cross country team.
BEFORE VERMONT: Nordic Skiing: Three-time All-American ... Two-time Jr. National silver medalist ... Two-time New England Jr. National Team member ... Team was national champions ... Two-time high school’s most valuable skier ... New England Eastern High School champion ... Team was 2009 Vermont state champions ... Two-time captain and Marble Valley League champion ... Cross Country: Two-time DI Vermont state runner-up. Finished eighth in 2010 and 16th in 2009 at the New England Cross Country Qualifier. Two-time most valuable runner. Gatorade Athlete of the Year nominee. Two-time team captain and two-time Marble Valley League champion.
PERSONAL: Is the daughter of Anthony and Christine Cirelli ... Mom is a 1989 UVM graduate ... Has an older brother Michael ... Grandfather is Edward Hockenbury, a member of the Boston College Hall of Fame and Class of 1966 ... He was a member of the BC baseball, basketball and track and field teams and went on to be a legendary coach at Norwich Univeristy ... Cousin Brian Dougherty (Maryland '96) was a six-time Major League Lacrosse All-Star and played on the US National Team (1998 & 2010) ... Is a dietetics nutrition and food science major at Vermont.
